The government s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) report was released on Wednesday, April 28. Director of technical and assessment services for the Department of Environment and Science Christopher Loveday wrote that while he considered the project would significantly contribute to the state s economy, it did present a number of significant risks. The director considered the project presented a number of unacceptable risks that could not be adequately managed or avoided, due to the location of the proposed mine and the lack of effective mitigation measures proposed by Clive Palmer s company, Central Queensland Coal Pty Ltd. The project presents a number of significant risks, due to its location, particularly its proximity to important environmental values, including the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area, the Broad Sound Fish Habitat Area, Tooloombah Creek, Deep Creek, the Styx River Estuary, and associated groundwater resources and groundwater depe
Proposed Clive Palmer-owned mine in doubt after environmental ruling
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A proposal by a company owned by billionaire businessman Clive Palmer to build a coal mine in central Queensland is in doubt after the state government found it had âunacceptableâ environmental risks.
The Department of Environment and Science published its report on the Central Queensland project on Wednesday.
Clive Palmer pictured in November 2020.
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âThe project poses a number of unacceptable risks primarily due to its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area, the Broad Sound Fish Habitat Area, Tooloombah Creek, Deep Creek, the Styx River Estuary, and nearby groundwater ecosystems,â the department said in a statement.
The government s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIS) report was released on Wednesday, April 28. Director of technical and assessment services for the Department of Environment and Science Christopher Loveday wrote that while he considered the project would significantly contribute to the state s economy, it did present a number of significant risks. The director considered the project presented a number of unacceptable risks that could not be adequately managed or avoided, due to the location of the proposed mine and the lack of effective mitigation measures proposed by Clive Palmer s company, Central Queensland Coal Pty Ltd. The project presents a number of significant risks, due to its location, particularly its proximity to important environmental values, including the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area, the Broad Sound Fish Habitat Area, Tooloombah Creek, Deep Creek, the Styx River Estuary, and associated groundwater resources and groundwater depe
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Clive Palmer-owned coal mine rejected due to unacceptable impacts on Reef, water
In a massive win for the community, environment and Reef, today the Queensland Department of Environment and Science has recommended the Clive Palmer-owned proposed Central Queensland Coal Project does not proceed due to unacceptable impacts on the Great Barrier Reef and World Heritage Area, the Styx River Estuary, water sources, and the Broad Sound Fish Habitat.
The Assessment Report released by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science is the first time a new coal mine has been recommended not to proceed in Queensland:
“Taking into account all of the relevant information, I have determined that overall, the project poses a number of unacceptable risks and that the project, as proposed, is not suitable. As such, I consider that the project is not suitable to proceed.”
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